Top 15 USB geek gadgets; Q&A: Survivor's Yau-Man Chan

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Learn best practices for extending your network architecture Access podcasts, whitepapers and more that offer best practices and principles for extending your architecture across a campus. Learn about the 6 design principles that will transform your campus net and how you can tackle the critical areas of integrated security, unified network services and more. Click here to read now! Network World Daily News: PM, 06/06/07 Surviving IT: A Q&A with Yau-Man Chan CBS reality show “Survivor” contestant Yau-Man Chan is director of information systems for the College of Chemistry at the University of California Berkeley. Yau-Man, who survived until the final four contestants, recently talked about his adventures ... Top 15 USB geek gadgets From running hamsters and gyrating Elvises to desktop missile launchers, is there anything more fun that a truly geeky gadget? Here are Michael Cooney's picks for the most amusing USB devices. Schoolteacher granted new trial in spyware case Connecticut schoolteacher Julie Amero, convicted in a classroom computer incident she says happened because spyware took over the computer at her desk, today was granted a new trial instead of a possible jail term. Manage Skyrocketing Storage The data on your network is growing at a rapid pace that's only going to increase. Download Network World's latest Executive Guide and get the practical, real-world advice and insider information you need to best manage and meet your storage demands and industry regulations. Click here to download. Guaranteeing uptime at world’s largest particle physics lab As the European agency CERN was gearing up to build the world’s largest particle accelerator, officials there knew they could not afford to have problems in their technical infrastructure cause any downtime. Microsoft-sponsored study says Vista improves TCP/IP performance Companies that deploy Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista in tandem could see more than a threefold increase in networking performance for file transfers, downloading roaming profiles for mobile users and accessing files on a portal, according to a Microsoft-commissioned study conducted by the Tolly Group. Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal Sun is reaching for a larger share of the blade server market with Wednesday's launch of new models, including the first Sun blades from its new alliance with chip maker Intel. Vendors seek unity on identity protocols Microsoft will participate in a meeting later this month with vendors and organizations that are backing several different identity management systems, an indication that cooperation between the software giant and its peers is improving. IBM to acquire Watchfire IBM Tuesday announced its intent to acquire vulnerability-assessment security firm Watchfire for an undisclosed price.

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